Woman sentenced to 5 years for machete attack on boyfriend

Misty Sara Martin and Dustin Coumont

An Edmonton woman who brutally attacked Dustin Coumont, 31, her boyfriend, with a machete, knives and an alarm clock over a four-hour period - resulting in him being badly injured and needing emergency surgery - has been put behind bars. Misty Sara Martin, 26, was handed a five-year prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty to aggravated assault. Court Released Photo

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An Edmonton woman who brutally attacked Dustin Coumont, 31, her boyfriend, with a machete, knives and an alarm clock over a four-hour period - resulting in him being badly injured and needing emergency surgery - has been put behind bars. Misty Sara Martin, 26, was handed a five-year prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty to aggravated assault. Court Released Photo

Court Released Photo

An Edmonton woman who brutally attacked Dustin Coumont, 31, her boyfriend, with a machete, knives and an alarm clock over a four-hour period - resulting in him being badly injured and needing emergency surgery - has been put behind bars. Misty Sara Martin, 26, was handed a five-year prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty to aggravated assault. Court Released Photo

Court Released Photo

An Edmonton woman who brutally attacked Dustin Coumont, 31, her boyfriend, with a machete, knives and an alarm clock over a four-hour period - resulting in him being badly injured and needing emergency surgery - has been put behind bars. Misty Sara Martin, 26, was handed a five-year prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty to aggravated assault. Court Released Photo

Court Released Photo

An Edmonton woman who brutally attacked Dustin Coumont, 31, her boyfriend, with a machete, knives and an alarm clock over a four-hour period - resulting in him being badly injured and needing emergency surgery - has been put behind bars. Misty Sara Martin, 26, was handed a five-year prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty to aggravated assault. Court Released Photo

Court Released Photo

An Edmonton woman who brutally attacked Dustin Coumont, 31, her boyfriend, with a machete, knives and an alarm clock over a four-hour period - resulting in him being badly injured and needing emergency surgery - has been put behind bars. Misty Sara Martin, 26, was handed a five-year prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty to aggravated assault. Court Released Photo

“This was a truly brutal attack,” said Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Doreen Sulyma, noting the lengthy assault involved a number of weapons “that can only be considered as frightful” and resulted in “significant trauma.”

Court heard Martin was wearing only a sport bra and shorts and was covered in blood from head to toe when she answered the door, lied to police and refused to let them enter.

“Time was of the essence,” Sulyma said, and the victim “clearly could have died from his wounds” without assistance.

According to agreed facts, Martin and Dustin Coumont, 31, had been dating for nearly three months at the time of the Aug. 11, 2010, attack. She had been staying with him at his home.

Coumont had gone with a friend to get a tattoo and returned home about 10:30 p.m.

Martin accused him of lying about his whereabouts and began ripping off his clothes.

Martin hit Coumont in the side of the head with a machete, then hit him again in the face as he tried to stand.

Court heard Coumont went in and out of consciousness during the night.

Martin swung an alarm clock by the cord at Coumont, hitting him in the face and breaking his jaw and nose. She also yelled at him that she was going to kill him and called him a bitch.

Police were called by a neighbour who heard an argument, hitting sounds and “lots of screaming.”

Court heard Coumont was taken to hospital with extremely low blood pressure, suffering from stab and slash wounds across his body, including significant ones to his forehead and the back of his neck.

He underwent emergency surgery and was treated for various fractures, numerous lacerations and broken teeth. He remained in hospital for nine days and required further surgery to repair a cut to his pancreas.

Martin was given 22 months credit for time spent in pre-trial custody, leaving her with three years and two months to serve. She was also hit with a lifetime weapons ban and ordered to submit a DNA sample for the national DNA databank. As well, she can have no contact with Coumont.

“This was a truly brutal attack,” said Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Doreen Sulyma, noting the lengthy assault involved a number of weapons “that can only be considered as frightful” and resulted in “significant trauma.”

Court heard Martin was wearing only a sport bra and shorts and was covered in blood from head to toe when she answered the door, lied to police and refused to let them enter.

“Time was of the essence,” Sulyma said, and the victim “clearly could have died from his wounds” without assistance.

According to agreed facts, Martin and Dustin Coumont, 31, had been dating for nearly three months at the time of the Aug. 11, 2010, attack.